An interesting First Day Cover issued in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the birth of Alexander Potebnya the Ukrainian philosopher and linguist active in the Russian Empire, who was a professor of linguistics at the University of Kharkov. He also translated part of Homer's Odyssey into Ukrainian. His main work was "Language and Thought" and he was a corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, the foremost academic institution in the Russian Empire.
One 1.00 Stamp.
Date of cancellation 10.09.2010